Contents
Ministerial Foreword 6
Executive Summary 9
Part 1: Reducing Reoffending 12
Making a difference on the ground 12
Joining up provision from custody into the community 13
Extending rehabilitation 14
Giving providers grip over offenders 15
Allowing providers flexibility to do what works 16
Focusing providers on reducing reoffending 17
Responding to women offenders' needs 18
Drawing from the best of all sectors 19
Access to data for greatest impact 22
Part 2: Protecting the Public 23
Offenders managed by the public sector 23
Public sector and providers working together to manage risk 24
Other functions carried out by the public sector 25
Part 3: Making the System Work 27
Transforming the current probation service 28
A responsive and efficient commissioning structure 29
Police and Crime Commissioners 31
Integration with existing partnerships 32
Joining up Government spending on offenders 33
Effective contract package areas 34
Effective governance 35
Part 4: Implementing Reform 36
A phased approach to implementation 36
Annex A: Resettlement Services from Prison 39
Resettlement Prisons Diagram 39
Annex B: Offender Management System 41
Offender Management Diagrams 41
Annex C: Case for Change Analysis 44
1: Reoffending Rates 44
2: Impact of Reoffending 45
3: Repeat Offending and Offender Needs 45
4: Spending on prisons and probation 47
Annex D: Analysis around Transforming Rehabilitation Proposals 48
1: Extending supervision 48
2: Offenders Managed by a Diverse Range of Providers 48
3: Contract Package Area sizes 51
Fig 1.1.1: Reoffending Rates 44
Fig 1.1.2: Reoffending 2000-2011 44
Fig 1.2.1: NAO research into impact of reoffending 45
Fig 1.3.1: Previous offending 45
Fig 1.3.2: Results from Surveying Prisoners Crime Reduction Survey 46
Fig 1.3.3: Research on Employment and Reoffending 46
Fig 1.4.1: Data on Prisons and Probation Spending 47
Fig 2.2.1: Community Orders and Suspended Sentence Orders cohort volumes 49
Fig 2.2.2: Under 12 months post release licence cohort volumes 50
Fig 2.2.3: 12 months and over post release licence cohort volumes 50
Fig 2.3.1: Contract Package Areas and estimated starts 51